Read the Introduction by Rev. Robert Maguire, D. D.

Lord Incredulity

The second Diabolonian Mayor, after Lord Lustings.[3]

"Once the spirit of defense and of defiance of the soul—openly avows his hatred of the King, and his still unaltered and unalterable determination to serve DIABOLUS, his master. So long as this principle remains, it continues to be a spiritual hindrance to the soul. Unbelief does not yield obedience to Christ, and will not change or reform its nature. It is well, therefore, it should be destroyed.
Incredulity is the spirit of direct antagonism against the law of God; and to the last it chooses to serve Satan, and to abide under the standard of the Evil One. Incredulity seeks to gain dominion over the mind’s of men, sometimes inducing them to imagine that it is a manly thing to doubt and disbelieve. This spirit in man is a chief agent of Satan; and how essential it is to the continuance of his dominion here, will appear by and by. Meanwhile, Incredulity lacks not words of bold and brazen confidence, to justify its measure of evil influence over the human mind."[2]

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Sources


1. Rev. George Burder, Explanatory, Experimental and Practical Notes. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, [Pref. 1803.]
2. Rev. Robert Maguire, Annotations. The Holy War. By John Bunyan. London: Cassell, Petter and Galpin, c1866.
3. John Bunyan, The Holy War.
4. Charlie Doe, my own comments.